# Dutch-English translation Please? Pretty please? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 4, 2003, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-english-translation-please-pretty-please/166451 "2003-04-04T14:21:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Daftbugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Daftbugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daftbugger)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-english-translation-please-pretty-please/166451/1 "2003-04-04T14:21:35Z")
I’ve got a friend in Holland, and just to annoy me, he’s put a bit at the end of his e-mail in Dutch. In the past I’ve managed to figure out what he means by using online translation machines (not perfect by any means), but this has got those stumped. I know it’s something about going on holiday. Here it is: Nog even doorploeteren, en dan ga ik lekker een weekje op vakantie en me zelf volledig volgooien… I know there are a number of wonderful Dutch dopers out there… ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-english-translation-please-pretty-please/166451/2 "2003-04-04T14:26:05Z")
“Still have to muddle through for a while, and then I’ll have a nice week of holidays in which I’m going to get myself absolutely hammered.” I’ve tried to preserve the idiom. You wouldn’t get a proper translation on this with a translation engine, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Daftbugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Daftbugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daftbugger)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-english-translation-please-pretty-please/166451/3 "2003-04-04T14:29:06Z")
Fantastic! Cheers